The Prime Minister was paid a compliment by the chief minister of Telangana for his corrupt free governance and he also returned it with  another compliment for the CM. Stating that the Central government under Modi's leadership was running "100 per cent corruption free", KCR said, "The credit for running the corruption-free government goes to Modi. This will go down in history." KCR also termed him as "Bharat desh ke atyant lokpriya neta (very popular leader in India)". The CM represents Gajwel Assembly constituency in the Telangana Assembly. While returning the compliment, Modi, who was on his maiden visit to the youngest state, said the Telangana CM has always been concerned about the development of his state. KCR who had earlier made it clear that he was not averse to ties with the BJP -accompanied PM Modi to his home constituency Gajwel in a chopper ride.

PM Modi spent a little over four hours in Telangana, during which he launched Mission Bhageeratha - the prestigious drinking water project. A power project, a fertiliser plant and a health university were inaugurated by remote control. "We (Telangana State) are getting good cooperation from you (Modi) and also from your ministers," Rao said while noting that the BJP had also played a role in formation of the state in 2014, when it was carved out of Andhra Pradesh. To this, Modi said, "Whenever the Chief Minister (Rao) has met me, he has spoken about the state's development and about water related issues." He is "emotional" on the water issue and appeared to have taken it as a mission, Modi said.The Chief Minister also heaped praises on Union Minister of State for Power, Piyush Goyal for helping to improve the power situation in the state.